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Federal High Court judge Okon Abang on Wednesday turned down the application of former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh for leave to travel abroad for medical reasons. According to ‎Abang, the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the application because there is a subsisting order directing the accused to keep his international passport with the […]Read More

The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 30 as public holiday to celebrate the 2016 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr Bassey Akpanyung, quoted the minister as wishing Nigerians happy democracy […]Read More

United Kingdom and Australia on Wednesday jointly deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees comprising male and female arrived at the hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on chartered aircraft. It was gathered that a chartered aircraft with the registration number ZTA-4741 brought 36 Nigerians – 29 males […]

The suit filed before the Court of Appeal by detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mr. Nnamdi Kanu has been dismissed in a court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday. Kanu and two other pro-Biafra agitators, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu, had gone before the appellate court to oppose what they titled “strange procedure” […]

Barely a day after issuing a letter approving the appointment of Edaiken N’Uselu as the Oba of Benin, the Edo State Government has withdrawn the letter, promising to issue a fresh installation letter “in due course” that would be in line with the age-long succession tradition of the Benin kingdom. In a retraction statement signed […]

The Federal Government, Wednesday, appointed Director-General in six parastatals within the Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed announced the appointments in Abuja in statement.  According to the statement, Mr. Mansur Liman  is the new  Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). The statment also named Yakubu Mohammed  and the new  Director-General, Nigerian […]Read More

… Official exchange rate: N250 to $1: Parallel market rate:N398 – N450 to $1. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has directed the management of the apex bank to adopt a flexible exchange rate policy. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing journalists shortly after the end of […]

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared former senator and Peoples Democratic party flag bearer for the last gubernatorial election in Osun state wanted. The declaration is in connection with a case of receiving and misappropriating the sum of over N700, 000,000.00 from the Office of the National Security Adviser, between June and November, […]

The Edo State Government has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness, Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa, as the Oba of Benin. The appointment is with effect from April 29, 2016. In a letter dated May 24, 2016, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere, titled: “Appointment of His […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmed Ja’afaru as the new Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bassey Akpanyung, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, which was made available on Tuesday in Abuja. Until his appointment, Ja’afaru was an Assistant Controller General of […]

Mr. Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, was unavoidably absent from his ongoing trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja today (Tuesday). When Justice Okon Abang, inquired about Metuh’s whereabouts, his lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), said the defendant was on  bed rest at the National Hospital, Abuja. Metuh […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has granted an interim injunction restraining the immediate past national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sherrif, and Professor Adewale Oladipo who were removed from office at the PDP National Convention held on Saturday May 21, 2016, from parading themselves as national officers of […]Read More